The Philly Occasional
The Philly Occasional, Sharon Garbe, Katie Dillon Low, Elizabeth Johnson, Patrick Coué, Andrea Kirsh, Roberta FallonFresh from Philadelphia, observations about art and life from seasoned arts writers. Publishing occasionally, and, on occasion, more than that. Topics include culture, art, life, politics, newsy bits and fun. Direct from the keyboard to you.
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Roberta's Memorial March 7, 2026
Roberta Fallon’s family has announced a memorial gathering in her honor on Saturday, March 7th. We share this information with our readers and the broader Philadelphia arts community so that those who wish to attend, reflect, and share a re...
Patrick Coué Remembers Roberta
The Philadelphia arts community has lost its greatest champion. Roberta Fallon left us far too early on December 5, 2025. We have lost a colleague, a mentor, a friend, a relentless advocate for artists and art criticism, and a tireless defe...
Morgan Nitz Remembers Roberta
Collage by Morgan Nitz
Libby Rosof Remembers Roberta
At a New York gallery show of work by British sculptor Antony Gormley, Roberta and I recognized simultaneously everything that was wrong with the art world. Gormley’s material was deadly—lead. The visuals were an array of small squeezed lum...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Writers weigh in on art in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Publishing occasionally, and, on occasions.
Sculptor, writer, geometry enthusiast, admirer of small mammals.
I'm crazy.
Oil painter, art writer and guest curator in Eastern PA. elizabethjohnsonart.com. Paintings that mix distorted, jumbled images of people, landscapes and seascapes.
Patrick Coué loves bringing together art, culture, and travel. He draws on his experience as an art history instructor and tour guide to share the multifaceted aspects of a site or an exhibition. My unofficial motto "the more varied, the better"
Art Historian, Arts Administrator, Curator, Writer
hello in the making
Roberta Fallon is an artist and writer. She is the co-founder, with Libby Rosof, of Artblog, the now-closed, 21-year old art review publication, for which she was chief editor and executive director since 2014.
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